This term we have been having writing PD with Leytia Leota-Preston. I observed two writing lessons with her (in Shabnam and Sandhya's classes) and she observed one of my lessons. One of Leytia's key messages has been that language experiences are valuable for engaging writers (especially boys). One of the language experiences she talked about at our PD session in the holidays was dissecting a hammerhead shark. When I watched Shabnam's lesson on adding adjectives, I got the idea of using post it notes to collect student voice.
When Leytia came to watch my writing lesson I got the children to taste a small piece of mango. I got them to go around in a circle and describe the mango. I then got them to write their description on a post it note and identify which of the senses it belonged to. I added the post it note to a a chart organised into the different senses.
The resulting writing had some great descriptions using a range of adjectives.
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